An op-ed on sending CRT glass to lead smelters and the bankruptcy of New Life Electronics Recycling grabbed our readers’ attention in January.
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An op-ed on sending CRT glass to lead smelters and the bankruptcy of New Life Electronics Recycling grabbed our readers’ attention in January.
Even with the tough economic times of 2016, the electronics recycling membership of a key trade association remained fairly stable. Continue Reading
An Indian teenager begins collecting e-scrap after becoming sick from a nearby burning site, and collection programs get off the ground in the nations of Georgia and Kenya. Continue Reading
Recycling efforts by a non-governmental organization in Mumbai are seeing some success, and experts point to consumers as the culprit for Singapore’s low recycling rates. Continue Reading
Data security procedures are being put to the test in an extensive study from the National Association for Information Destruction. Continue Reading
College students in Manitoba, Canada won a cash prize last week for coming up with an innovative way to reduce volumes of electronic waste. Continue Reading
E-scrap generation grew 63 percent in east and Southeast Asian countries in five years, a comprehensive study has found. Some nations are ill-equipped to handle that increase. Continue Reading
LED lights could offer a growing source of valuable metals, and current spending offers a look at the products that could dominate the waste stream in the future. Continue Reading
An Arizona for-profit business shares electronics disassembly tips with a local nonprofit group, and a Minnesota county boosts fees it charges individuals who drop off display devices. Continue Reading
The federal government has dramatically lowered permissible exposure limits for beryllium, a metal used in some electronics.